Studies of the copulatory behavior of house mice (Mus musculus).

This research had four objectives: (1) to quantify the postejaculatory interval and describe second series copulatory behavior of inbred house mice, Mus musculus, (2) to determine the effects of a change of female between ejaculatory series on subsequent behavior, (3) to provide the first description of copulatory behavior in C3H/HeJ mice, and (4) to assess the interlaboratory variability of measures of copulatory behavior of AKR/J mice. It was found that ejaculation in the second series was preceded by fewer intromissions and thrusts, and occurred in less time than in the first series. A change of female produced a dramatic facilitation of behavior in the AKR males, all of which ejaculated on a single insertion. C3H/HeJ mice display the largest number of pre-ejaculatory intromissions of any strain yet studied. Measures of copulatory behavior in AKR mice taken in different laboratories are generally comparable.

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